Is UA racist?

mom2collegekids
Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:30:07 +0000

*Coming from California you will notice a cultural difference especially in the interactions amongst various races. *

Unfortunately, campus social interactions between blacks and whites is no better in California (or really anywhere else in the US). There have been articles and articles written about how although America’s colleges are integrated, socially they are largely segregated.

In California, a prof did research on the subject of “self-segregation”. Dr. Anthony Antonio, a professor at Stanford, questioned students at UCLA about “racial balkanization” on UCLA’s campus. The UCLA students did view their campus as racially balkanized. More than 90% of students in his surveys agreed that students predominantly cluster by race and ethnicity on campus.

There also is a book called: “Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria”
[Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, Art of Mentoring Series, Beverly Daniel Tatum, Book - Barnes & Noble](http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Why-Are-All-the-Black-Kids-Sitting-Together-in-the-Cafeteria/Beverly-Daniel-Tatum/e/9780465083619)

My intention is not to pick on my beloved California. My point is that across this country, we have a problem with blacks and whites not socializing much with each other on and off campus. Nearly every year, an article gets written on the subject in some major mag like Time, USNews, etc.

The “balkanization” on America’s campuses is much less of an issue (if it’s an issue at all) with whites and Asians or whites and Hispanics.